Fakémon Go.
, hackers went as far as creating a pretty convincing fake website for their fake game and even a fake marketplace where you can claim and mint Pokémon Card NFTs. The fake site offers no real Pokémon NFTs, however, just headaches.
Clicking on the"Play on PC" button on the website downloads an installer that, instead of installing a game, buries a tool called NetSupport Manager deep into your files. This essentially opens a back door into your PC. To make matters worse, the malicious download has an official-looking Pokémon icon and file information, which would make it easy to convince someone who just downloaded the file, especially a young user, to open it. At the time of this post, the fake website for the Pokémon Card Game is still live.be a real thing, given the popularity of Pokémon and NFTs.
Hackers will always try to find creative ways to get you to click on a bad link. Whether it's a convincing pop-up ad or a
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